Smyrna times., 1887-06-08

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"GlOriOus Fourth, in grand style.
The Methodist Sunday-school ofDov.
er excursiOnates to Colchester Beach
on July IA.
Peter Henderson has given General
VanVOrst OfMilfOrd over three hundred
varieties of roses.
Byron Reynolds, son of Robert ].
Reynolds, of Petersburg, Kent county
was married on June 1st to Miss vii.
liams, of Baltimore.
The Wilmington City Councils have
raised the tax rate from 81. % to 81 10
and the NelOs perhaps truthfully re-
marks that the cause is bad govern
ment.
a Sussex county farmer who sent $40
to Philadelphia address in answer TO
an advertisement of the finest feedcut
ter in America, received in return a two
- dollar set of false teeth.
w. n. Brown of Wyoming who has
been through the larger part of the
peach belt the past ten days still thinks
there will be halfa crop, or between
100000 and 100000 baskets on the
Peninsula.
>. b. EnOs, of near KirkwoOd. Del.
and Miss Lillian V. Rambo. daughter of
jacob RambO, the well-known contrac-
tor and builder of Elkton, were married
on Wednesday in Wilmington, Del. bv
the Rev. NJ. Heate.
Under the military law of the State
the first cavalry company, with forty
six men, has been enlisted at Laurel
and Differed as follows; Captain, Isaac
J. WOOtten first lieutenant, Samuel l..
Kenney second lieutenant, J. Dallas
Marvil.
A strawberry panic occurred among
the shippers of Laurel and Seaford on
Thursday. 1t was Occasioned by receiv-
ing back orders from their cOnsig-
nees stating that Delaware berries were
selling in New York and Boston as low
rs cents a quart and that the markets
were more than glutted.
James H. Ward, superintendent of
public schools of Sussex county, if
holding the annual examination Os
teachers. He examined twelve appli-
cants for certificates at FrankfOrd on
Tuesday of last week; twenty-eight at
Georgetown on Thursday, and another
class at Milton on Friday, and one at
Milford (SOuth) on Saturday
The following appointment and chan
ges took place in the Roman Catholic
churches of the State The Rev. Father
Graft took charge at Dover, the Rev
Father Farley at Ashland and Hockes-
sin, the Rev. Father Donaghy to assis'
at St. JOseph's Brandywine, and ttS
Rev. Father Birmingham to assist at
st. Paul's.
Professor Benton, of Delaware Col
lege Newark, may very appropriately
eXclaim, $50 near and yet so far,
when he came within One-third of {
vote of being elected Bishop of the
Diocese of Delaware Thursday by the
Diocesan Convention in session in thai
town. The convention has given the
candidates breathing spell until mex
December.
There are some things so cheap that
you cannot give them away, and thai
is what's the matter with the gift
berry crate which an enterprising ma
ker sold to a Wyoming berry man. Th'
purchaser refused to take them away
from the railroad station because when
filled with berries they were not strOn,
enough to bear the through handlin,
and jOlting Of transportation.
The city election of Wilmington 70
thirteen members of City Council, Sat
urday afternoon, was attended by Onl
one exciting contest-that in FIT
ward. The total vote was also yer
light, being 1928, against 5,S97 las
year, and 9,546 at the mayoralty ele'
tiOn in 1885. The Republicans carrie
only th Fifth, Sixth and Seventh ward;
the DemOcrates carrying the other nil
seven of them without opposition.
AHEAvY STRAWBERRY CROP.--Tue
day week 1876 carloads of strawberri'
went over the rails of the Delawal
Railroad from branches and points b
low Clayton. This apprOximates ii
largest strawberry freightiDg ever dOI
on the Delaware Road in one day, whiC
was 206 carloads two years ago. We'
nesday the amount was 164 carload
and every day the carloads were
much over a hundred. To get an id
of the strawberry crop of the midd
and lower peninsula there must he ~
ded to this the berries sold in marke
for home consumption.
The Laurel Gazette announces &
death of William Giles, a farmer WI
had lived within a few miles of tn
LOWn, lIOul buC SLluSS VI DCC9s ~ q
cideut was reported in this cOlun
last week. Giles was plOughing
garden and accidentally upset b
hive. He was stung so badly abo
the face that he could neither spe
nor see in few hours after the col
sion. He died last Thursday, suffer-
intensely. and was buried on Friday
the As6ury Church Cemetery, ea
miles from Laurel. He was n years
age and left a wife and four gro
= children.
DOCTORs IN PHILOsOPHY.-A cou
Of years ago Revs. w. l.. 5. Murray a
Ell. Hubbard entered as students
the Grant Memorial University
Athens. Tennessee, to take course
philosophy. Their presence was not
0uired at the University, as they COZ
pursue their studies at home aud
duct their examinations by corresp
dence. They studied in that time
about 10, 900 pages. Theannual meet
of the University was held last we
when the Board Of Trustees confer
the degree Of Phi. ID. on both Mes
Murray and Hubbard for the work q
had accomplished. The cataio
shows 3O3 students and past sem
Bishop Mallalleu anu DlohOP 90.
are amongst the trustees OF the inst
ton. and Dr. Spence is president.
DELAWARE COLLEGE CoMMEf
MENT.-A circular received at TINS O
gives the following program OF exeTc
during commencement week at y
ware College. Friday, June 10, 3 o'Si Sl
pm. prize defamation for prize one
by tie Alumni Association.
Sunday, June -, o'clock, P; N; :,
calaureate sermon. Rev. X. b. q
ID. ID. 49,,
Tuesday, June Il, IL o'clock, 19c,,.
Stated meeting Of the board OF trus
Tuesday, June IA, 8 O'cloch P NJ
niversary Of Athen@an Society
Wednesday, June 10, Commenceu
exercises. -.
Wednesday, June Is, 3 O'CLOCK
Meeting of Alumni.
Wednesday, June 10, o'clock
Anniversary Of Delta Phi Literary
ciety.